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A32897 The Christian's Nevv-Years-gift: or the transcendent privileges of the incarnation of Christ manifested in a divine poem. 1688 (1688) Wing C3957; ESTC R217255 1,193 1

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The Christian's NEW-YEARS-GIFT Or the Transcendent Privileges of the INCARNATION OF CHRIST Manifested in a Divine POEM 2. Jan. 1687 8 WHat Sacred Sybils what Heathens did expect From their Prophetick Gods Ours did effect They from dark Premisses Conclusions drew Of things most Strange and yet most certain True Of such Phaenomena's the reason why Nature deny'd yet such portends the Sky The Unerring Guide of true Astronomy To Calculate this Scheme Aegypt's wise Treasure Could find no Line no Centre nor no Measure 〈…〉 as theAlmighty's Will To shew that Heaven exceeds all Art or Skill And that 't was vain for Pharaoh to confide In what his wisest Magies could decide They could some Truth declare but not the Whole They knew the Time the Star they knew the Pole But what Miraculous Effect it did portend Or when or where this Mystery should end They knew not till to Bethlehems Stable guided Their Doubts were clear'd their Controverse decided Witness their Posture on their Knees they fall And him that truly is their King their God they call Such mighty Operations had the sight Of this great King of Kings the Lord of Light That he a new Creation seem'd to make By 's Sight not Word when Bashans Bull did shake And taught where their true Sacrifice to Make. For whether it greater Glory be to Make Or the Unmade to bring again to Shape Is Question such as our Great Maker can Resolve by his re-making Fallen man. The first Creation on his Justice stood But this demonstrates him both Just and Good Just Disobedience to condemn to Death And Goodness in the Zenith with that Breath This dreadful Sentence to reverse did show That he our Sins and all our Wants did know Thus to fulfil his Promise and make good His Word betwixt just Death and us He stood Dismantles Heaven and descends his Throne His Power Goodness and his Truth makes known That his first Promise to the Wo●ans Seed Should bruise the Serpents head ●nd make it bleed That on his Manna we again might feed This was not like the Shallow Gifts of Men Confin'd so narrowly as where or what or when But like the Author Circumscrib'd to none But free to all that should this Gospel own His narrowest thoughts is th Universal Orb That all should saved be that own'd their God. To witness this no Jew nor Gentile he Excludes this Banquet all to tast are free Nay for this truth to Evidence he Summons The whole Earth the Kings the Lords the Commons Beings Finite and Infinite doth To give attendance to this Heavenly Ball Angels the Quire are made to usher in This Heavenly Banquet and are taught to Sing Hosanna's in the high'st to their great King The Stars declare the greatness of the Feast And Guests Invite as far as from the East The Sheep that Beast of Innocence does Blea That Heaven Mankind has sent some better Meat The Grave itself no Ignorance could plead At his command it did give up the Dead 'T was only Man Rebel the first and last That this Mysterious truth did seem to blast He like the sullen Child when fallen down Spurns at its taker up and would not own Those Arms that save him from the fatal Ground Such such is Man that will not hear nor own What I to day to him through Christ have shown FINIS LONDON Printed for W. B. in the Year 1688.